British Ceylon (1796–1948)

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:area 65,610 km²
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Colombo
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Ceylon_rupee
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:endDate 1948
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Burghers
gptkb:Indian_Tamils
gptkb:Malays
gptkb:Sinhalese
gptkb:Sri_Lankan_Tamils
gptkb:Veddas
gptkb:Moors
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_British_Ceylon
gptkbp:governor gptkb:Frederick_North
gptkb:William_Manning
gptkb:Andrew_Caldecott
gptkb:Arthur_Hamilton-Gordon
gptkb:Henry_Monck-Mason_Moore
gptkb:Reginald_Edward_Stubbs
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British Ceylon (1796–1948)
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Legislative_Council_of_Ceylon
gptkb:Executive_Council_of_Ceylon
gptkb:State_Council_of_Ceylon
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:South_Asia
gptkbp:locatedOn gptkb:island_of_Ceylon
gptkbp:mainExports gptkb:café
rubber
coconut
gptkbp:monarch gptkb:Edward_VII
gptkb:Edward_VIII
gptkb:George_V
gptkb:George_VI
gptkb:Victoria
gptkb:William_IV
gptkb:George_IV
gptkb:George_III
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Tamil
gptkb:Sinhala
English
gptkbp:population 6,657,339 (1946)
gptkbp:populationCensusYear 1946
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Dutch_Ceylon
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Hinduism
gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Soulbury_Constitution
gptkb:Kandyan_Convention
gptkb:Uva_Rebellion
gptkb:Donoughmore_Constitution
gptkbp:startDate 1796
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Dominion_of_Ceylon
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_Ceylon_(until_1796)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5